MODEL EVALUATES PIPELINE INSPECTION SENSORS. DEFECT DETECTION--1

Basic statistical decision methods can help determine the performance of pipeline inspection-tool sensors and make comparisons among various sensing technologies. As long as the equipment designer and manufacturer provide appropriate information about the sensor design, the user of in-line inspection systems no longer need guess which methods and hardware to use. This article, the first of a two part series, presents the theory on which the probability model is based. The application to the pipeline-inspection process is presented in part two.

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  PennWell Publishing Company

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• Authors:
  • HAMILTON, J C
• Publication Date: 1989-9-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 80-83
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 36
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Detectors; Inspection; Mathematical models; Performance; Pipelines; Probability theory; Sensors; Statistical analysis
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488276
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM